Library Catalog - Finding Books

Library Catalog

To find books about a particular author search the author’s name (last name first) as a SUBJECT in the Library Catalog, e.g. Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von. 

Generally speaking, books about the author’s life and work will be under the name heading; books of criticism about the author’s works are found under the sub-heading Criticism and interpretation, e.g. Goethe Johann Wolfgang von --- Criticism and interpretation.

Circulating books may be found by call number on the third floor; reference books are found in the second floor, south wing.

Check the bibiographies in relevant books for additional sources of information.

All journals are listed in the catalog under the Journal title with links to full text if available or call numbers for print copies.

WorldCat

This database gives you access to the collections of thousands of other libraries. We can obtain on interlibrary loan items we lack in our own collections.

See also the German Literature Pathfinder for useful reference titles at OU and links to electronic sources related to German Literature. .

Journal Articles - Databases

Besides books about the authors and their works, there is a bounteous supply of literary criticism published in journals on the subject.  Many of these literary journals can be accessed in the following databases:

JSTOR
Back runs of essential journals in the humanities and other subject areas; does not include current issues from the most recent 3-5 year period.

Project Muse
Journals in the humanities and social sciences published by Johns Hopkins and other university presses.

Modern Language Association Bibliography
For extensive literary research the essential, the most compendious database (covering literature, languages, linguistics, and folklore). Includes articles, chapters in books and books. For articles use the GET IT link to see if we have full text available or Search the library catalog to see if we have a print copy.

Contact Information

Linda Hildebrand

235 Kresge Library

email: hildebra@oakland.edu

phone: (248) 370-2483

Reference books of interest

German Writers from the Enlightenment to Sturm and Drang, 1720-1764. Ref. PT 293 G47 1990

German writers in the Age of Goethe, 1789-1832. Ref. PT 311 G 47 1989

German Writers in the Age of Goethe: Sturm und Drang to Classicism. Ref. PT 311 G48 1990

Goethe-Bibliographie Ref. PT 2044 P8. 2 vols. Comprensive listing of the editions and major critical works, both books and articles, on Goethe during the 19th and 20th centures.

RefWorks

Refworks is a resource which allows OU students to maintain a personal database of all of their research materials. You can:

1. create a database of citations

2. use the Cite While You Write feature to insert references while writing your paper, and

3. generate a bibliography in MLA style along with hundreds of different formats.

Set up an account, and then choose the "export" function in the databases you use for records you want to save.

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